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No 3rd dip recession.. it's offical

grizzly1911
grizzly1911 Posts: 9,965 Forumite
in Debate House Prices & the Economy
How does he know this?

Is in collusion with the statisticians?

Ha she got mystical powers?

Danny Alexander: No triple dip recession in UK economy

Britain is not heading for a triple dip recession, Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander has said.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20657250
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  • Wookster
    Wookster Posts: 3,795 Forumite
    Well he does have to be positive when it comes to the economy, but I fear he might have dug a hole for himself.
  • Graham_Devon
    Graham_Devon Posts: 58,560 Forumite
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    He's just guessing, really, as he states:
    Asked on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show whether he thought the UK would face a triple dip recession, Mr Alexander said: "The OBR forecast that the final quarter of this year would be negative, but that we would see positive growth slowly returning in every quarter of next year.

    "That would suggest that we're not going to have that happening. But it is an uncertain world out there.

    "We're seeing continuing problems in the eurozone, but I'm happy to rest on the OBR's forecast, which is a bounce-back from the Olympic boost we saw in the third quarter causing a small negative in the final quarter of this year, but then steady growth slowly starting to return next year and the year after that."
    The BBC title is a little misleading, in that it puts a slant on what he actually stated.
  • grizzly1911
    grizzly1911 Posts: 9,965 Forumite
    Graham_Devon wrote: »
    He's just guessing, really, as he states:


    The BBC title is a little misleading, in that it puts a slant on what he actually stated.

    I know, they are little tinkers.

    He has the "get out of jail free" card too

    "but I'm happy to rest on the OBR's forecast,"

    I am just glad the OBR aren't targeting predator missiles.
    "If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....

    "big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham
  • Mr._Pricklepants
    Mr._Pricklepants Posts: 1,311 Forumite
    Graham_Devon wrote: »
    He's just guessing, really, a

    Don't worry, your wet dream of a triple dip is still a possibility.
  • ess0two
    ess0two Posts: 3,606 Forumite
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    Plenty in here will be gutted if it dont happen.
    Official MR B fan club,dont go............................
  • BertieUK
    BertieUK Posts: 1,701 Forumite
    ess0two wrote: »
    Plenty in here will be gutted if it dont happen.

    If it does happen it will be the 'straw that breaks the camels back' for Mr Alexander
  • Eellogofusciouhipoppokunu
    Eellogofusciouhipoppokunu Posts: 445 Forumite
    ess0two wrote: »
    Plenty in here will be gutted if it dont happen.

    Remarkable, if that is the case.
  • Mrs_Bones
    Mrs_Bones Posts: 15,524 Forumite
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    Just put it on the list along with;

    The NHS is safe in our hands.
    We pledge not to put up tuition fees.
    We will keep our triple A rating.
    There will be no double dip recession in Britain. (George Osborne Nov. 2011)
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  • ess0two
    ess0two Posts: 3,606 Forumite
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    Eellogofusciouhipoppokunu wrote: »
    Remarkable, if that is the case.

    I could list a dozen forum members who would love it to happen.
    Official MR B fan club,dont go............................
  • Eellogofusciouhipoppokunu
    Eellogofusciouhipoppokunu Posts: 445 Forumite
    ess0two wrote: »
    I could list a dozen forum members who would love it to happen.

    If that's the case then you really have to wonder what goes on in their minds. Perhaps they are miserable in their lives and want others to be?

    What's the saying, misery loves company?
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